Re: USA export restrictions and GPL - how can they co-exist?

• To: hlhowell@xxxxxxxxxxx, For users of Fedora <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
• Subject: Re: USA export restrictions and GPL - how can they co-exist?
• From: Matthew Flaschen <matthew.flaschen@xxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 04:34:06 -0400
• Cc:
• In-reply-to: <1186820790.3606.12.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• References: <adf480660708101233gf27d1b6u1387d2a7506ed6ca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <46BD4FAA.6020207@xxxxxxxxxx> <1186820790.3606.12.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Reply-to: For users of Fedora <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
• User-agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.5 (X11/20070719)

Les wrote:
> But Fedora/Redhat is not imposing this, the government is.

Ultimately, it is a federal law.  But the problem is, Fedora is
attempting to make the users follow the law.  The GPL doesn't allow
this, and the government can enforce the law without their help.

Matt Flaschen

• References:
  • USA export restrictions and GPL - how can they co-exist?
    • From: Peter Lemenkov
  • Re: USA export restrictions and GPL - how can they co-exist?
    • From: Matthew Flaschen
  • Re: USA export restrictions and GPL - how can they co-exist?
    • From: Les

• Prev by Date: Freshrpms yum update problem
• Next by Date: SATA DVD not working - failed to set xfermode (err_mask=0x4)
• Previous by thread: Re: USA export restrictions and GPL - how can they co-exist?
• Next by thread: Re: USA export restrictions and GPL - how can they co-exist?
• Index(es):
  • Date
  • Thread